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Kidnapper   /kˈɪdnˌæpər/   Listen
Kidnapper

noun
1.
Someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom).  Synonyms: abductor, kidnaper, snatcher.






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"Kidnapper" Quotes from Famous Books



... a candle guttering in a bottle. This was the picture, redeemed from squalor only by the lithograph of the Virgin on the wall, draped with fresh wild flowers, and its perfect cleanliness; this was the home of the supposed "kidnapper," the man who had refused to accept five ...
— The Princess Passes • Alice Muriel Williamson and Charles Norris Williamson

... with thee, in that place which he shall choose, in one of thy gates where it liketh him best." They were strictly charged not to put him in a condition which he did not choose. Now, suppose this same servant, instead of coming into Israel of his own accord, had been dragged in by some kidnapper who bought him of his master, and forced him into a condition against his will. Would He who forbade such treatment of the stranger, who voluntarily came into the land, sanction the same treatment of the same person, provided in addition ...
— The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus • American Anti-Slavery Society

... the daughter of the infamous Kisalungo, notorious as a robber and kidnapper, another Theodore on a ...
— Great African Travellers - From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley • W.H.G. Kingston

... it might be called, was little else than a bundle of rags thrown into a corner of the room, with a dirty blanket spread across it; and there she was left by her inhuman kidnapper to mourn her misfortunes and lament having disregarded ...
— Forgotten Tales of Long Ago • E. V. Lucas

... a visit from her kidnapper, however, she was pleasantly disappointed. Not a sound came from below, aside from a dull and distant thump and thud which went on steadily, if in syncopated measure, and the source of which ...
— The Bandbox • Louis Joseph Vance

... to steal Tupia's boy, Tayeto, who was handing some things down to a canoe; the Maoris had to be fired on, and in the consequent confusion the boy jumped into the water and swam to the ship. The point off which this occurred was named Cape Kidnapper. As there was no appearance of a harbour, Cook altered his course to the north at Cape Turnagain, 40 degrees 34 minutes South, to see if he could not do better ...
— The Life of Captain James Cook • Arthur Kitson



Words linked to "Kidnapper" :   seizer, outlaw, snatcher, capturer, crook, captor, criminal, crimp, shanghaier, felon, crimper, kidnap, malefactor



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